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Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan talks with German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, left, and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

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Acting Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan talks with German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, left, and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kay Bailey Hutchison at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Feb. 13, 2019. DOD photo by Lisa Ferdinando

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